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by rvba 1519 days ago
> She pulled the wrong med, and then injected it and walked out of the room rather than observing for effects

With staff shortages nurses dont have the time for that.

Hire 2x more nurses - so there is 2x more time for each patient.

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My GF is a nurse and I've heard her talk about working a number of 12 hour shifts and not having the ability to go to the bathroom, get water, or have lunch, all because of how strapped the unit is and arduous the requirement is to do these things (usually having to leave the unit). I'm honestly shocked we're not hearing more mistakes, and it should be 100% hospital admins on the chopping block for forcing these insane work environments upon nurses while expecting quality patient care.